The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Additional Temporary Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Restriction on parties in private dwellings

21.—(1) A person must not attend a party in a private dwelling.

(2) In paragraph (1), “party” means a social gathering where 16 or more persons, who are members of more than one household, are present together in a place, unless the gathering is—

(a) for the purpose of—

(i) work or providing voluntary or charitable services,

(ii) childcare, education or training,

(b) a funeral, marriage ceremony or civil partnership registration, or

(c) taking place in student accommodation, where all the persons in the gathering—

(i) are using cooking, dining, toilet or washing facilities which are shared with any person who is not a member of their household, and

(ii) have the accommodation as their only or main residence.

(3) For the purpose of the definition of “party” in paragraph (2), children under 12 years of age are not to be included when counting the number of persons attending a gathering but are to be included when counting the number of households attending a gathering.